Monday, November 3, 2008

Muddy Buddies with Sunflower Seed Butter (aka Puppy Chow)

On a recent trip to the grocery store, I found this lovely jar of sunflower seed butter, right next to the ubiquitous peanut butter. It was like manna from heaven! I can't even tell you how happy I was to serve up a sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwich to my little guy. And guess what? He liked it! I started running through my head all the wonderful things I could make with this delicious find. Oooh...the possibilities!

First, I tried to make sunflower butter cookies. Ummm, let's just say it needed a bit of fine-tuning, so back to the drawing board with that one. But one morning, I was fixing up a bowl of Rice Chex cereal and saw the recipe for muddy buddies on the box. I've later read in other sites that this is also called Puppy Chow. Kinda funny 'cause it does look like it too. LOL I thought I'd give it a try. My son likes Quaker Crunchy Corn Bran so I tossed it in for good measure. Not bad, not bad at all. I might try adding a dash of cinnamon or tossing in some dried cherries next time. Mmmmm...good!

Update (2/9/09): I added pretzels and dried cherries in a recent batch of muddy buddies and it was deeelicious!

Update: Libby, from The Allergic Kid, is hosting "Thanks for 'Nothing' Thanksgiving Round Up" this year. It's a great opportunity to share recipes and ideas with others who have dietary restrictions like food allergies. I know how challenging it is to find delicious and 'safe' recipes, especially during the holidays, so I hope one of my recipes will find their way in your holiday table.

2 comments:

I love Sunbutter! I just made the Muddy Buddys last week for my dairy/egg/peanut allergic kid and they were a hit, I just hadn't got around to posting it yet as I was working on a version of Chex Mix...got stuck on a fish-free substitute for Worcestershire.....arg.